Stick receptacle



y 1944- R. M. MOREY 2,354,136

STICK RECEPTACLE Filed Nov. 21, 1941 Patented July 18, 1944 STICK RECEPTACLE Richard M. Morey, Chicago, Ill., assignor to W. C.

Ritchie and Company,

tion of Illinois Chicago, Ill., a corpora- Application November 21, 1941, Serial No. 419,863

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to certain structural betterments in containers or receptacles for lip-sticks, pomade-sticks, and comparable articles which are consumed in their use and which are projected in part from their containers into operative position to be availed of and then retracted or redrawn into the container and retained therein during their periods of non-use.

One aim of the current invention is to provide a satisfactory operative container or holder of the type indicated which employs but little, if any, metal in its construction, another purpose being the provision of a device of this kind which is light in weight, and a third object of the invention is to supply a structure which can be made and sold at comparatively low cost.

For the attainment of the above stated and other desirable aims of the invention, a present preferred embodiment of the invention has been made and illustrated in detail in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and to which reference should be had in connection with the following description, like reference numerals having been used throughout the several views of the drawing to designate the same parts of the structure.

In this drawing- Figure 1 illustrates the complete lip-stick container in perspective;

Figure 2 shows the same with the cover separated from the main body of the container and with the lip-stick projection therefrom in position for use.

Figure 3 is a perspective view with several parts of the container in separated relation;

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section through the structure on an enlarged scale on line d4 of Figure l;

Figure 5 illustrates the main body of the container with the outer wall partially broken away to more clearly show the interior construction;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view illustrative of the relation of some of the parts of the container during the withdrawal of the lip-stick into the body thereof; and

Figure 7 shows the liner of the outer shell before it is curled into operative position.

The term "fibrous" as used herein is employed in its generic sense to include pasteboard, wound paper, etc., or other fibrous material of a comparable nature.

The container as illustrated includes an inner, spirally-wound, cylindrical, pasteboard tube ll having an outward flare l2 around its mouth. such tube having a slot l3 through it disposed somewhat oblique to its axis, the tube also being slit lengthwise at M from the bottom end of this slot to the adjacent lower end of the tube, such slit and groove permitting the lower portion of the tube to be temporarily enlarged during the manufacture of the complete container.

The bottom end of such tube is closed by a cap, designated as a whole l5, composed of a fibrous disc I6, an outer, fibrous ring H with an incurled edge l8 to hold the disc in place, and an inner, slightly narrower ring 19, the outer and inner rings ll and I 9 being glued or cemented together, the inner ring being glued or otherwise secured to the outer surface of the end portion of the tube it over which it fits, whereby the tube and cap (It, ll, l9) constitute a complete, non-removable, accessible manually-operable cap-unit by means of which the tube may be turned or rotated on its axis.

Within such tube M is a cylindrical, metal holder or cup 25 adapted to acconnnodate the lower or inner end of the lip-stick 22, such holder having a cross-pin 23 extended through and snugly held in a hole through one portion. of the side-wall of the holder with one of its ends bearing against the inner surface of the opposite por tion of such side-wall and with its other end extended outwardly beyond the external surface of the holder forming an outstanding projection or lug 2 .1.

Wrapped around such inner tube or shell ii is a pasteboard blank 25 of the shape shown in Figure 7, and, when this is curled around the inner tube, its opposite oblique edges 26 and 2?? are spaced apart slightly providing a spiral slot designated 28, projection 24 occupying both slots I3 and 28.

Surrounding the now cylindrical member 255 and adhered to it by one or 'more dabs of glue or its equivalent is an outer cylindrical pasteboard tube or shell 29 with its lower edge just above the circular wall of the cap I 5 and with its top end equipped with an incurled bead 3i overlaying and bearing on the flare l2 of the inner tulle.

The cover or closure 32 fits over the outer shell 29 and its operative position is determined, by its engagement with the outer ring I! of cap I5, such cover comprising a pasteboard end disc 33 and a round side-wall 34 also of pasteboard.

Assuming that pasteboard-tube H, been made, its lower larged sufliciently to as shown in Figure 3, has split end is temporarily enadmit the introduction of the slotted, slit, flared, innerthe metal stick-holder 2| into the tube and this is accomplished with the pin projection 24 in the slot l2, the lower end portion of the tube being maintained at its full diameter after such insertion of the holder regardless of its position in the tube.

Then the pasteboard-cap I5 is applied to the lower end of the tube and it is adhered thereto by applied glue so that the tube and cap constitute a unit.

Thereupon the pasteboard-blank 25 is wrapped around the inner tube between its flare l2 and the cap l5 and with the lug or projection 24 occupying the spiral groove 28 between the oblique ends 26 and 21 of the wound blank.

One or more dabs or spots of glue having been applied to the external surface of the cylindrical part 25, the outer-tube 29 is applied over the part to which it becomes adhered by the adhesive and with its incurled end 3| overlapping the flare I2 and holding it in place just beyond the end of part 25.

After the cosmetic-stick 22 has been mounted in its holder 2|, the pasteboard cap or closure 32 may be slid on in the usual manner to close the container or receptacle and to protect the stick.

It will .be appreciated that all parts of the structure are made of fibrous-material, except the elements 2| and 23, 24 and the outer faces of all exposed members such as l6, l1, I8, 29, 3|,

32 and 33 are desirably covered with metallicsurfaced paper, such, for instance, of a golden color, so that the receptacle presents the appearance of being made solely of metal.

Obviously, after the cover has been removed and the part 29 is held in one hand, turning of the inner tube H by its accessible cap |5 by the other hand causes the holder 2| and its stick 22 to advance projecting the stick out of the mouth of the container sufficiently for use, and, when this has ended, turning of the cap in the opposite direction retracts the stick into the container, whereupon the cover may be again applied thereto.

Such outward and inward travel of the lipstick holder is, of course, occasioned by the travel of the projection 24 in the two slots 28 and I3 and its cooperation with the walls thereof.

The pasteboard parts 25 and II are not of suiflcient density or hardness in cooperation with the lug 24 to cause the holder to travel properly, it the slot I2 is parallel to the axis oi. the tube H, and to relieve such strain on these parts so that the element 24 will not injure or dig into or unduly wear the edges 26 and 21 of the spiral slot 28 or the walls of slot II, the latter is made oblique to such axis in the direction the opposite of the obliquity of the slot 29 and such a construction has been found to function satisfactorily.

Of course, when the holder 2| and its stick 22 are to be retracted in the container, the weight of such parts facilitates such inward travel of the moveable elements involved.

Those skilled in this art will readily understand that this invention is not necessarily limited to all of the details of construction illustrated and described and that a reasonable range of modification may be resorted to without departure from the heart and essense of the invention as defined by the appended claim,

I claim:

In a stick-receptacle having an outer cylindrical tube, a cylindrical liner inside of said tube having a spiral slot therethrough, a cylindrical tube inside of said liner having a slot terminating short of both ends of the tube, a flanged cap closing and rigid with the lower end of said slotted tube and located below the corresponding end of said outer tube whereby it is accessible for manual turning of the inner tube, a cylindrical holder for the lower end of the stick slidable spirally in said inner tube, said holder having a projection occupying the slots of said inner tube and of said liner, whereby turning of said inner tube relative to said outer tube propels said holder in either direction to render its stick accessible for use or protected in said receptacle, the novel combination of features being that said liner and said inner tube are both of fibrous material, that said liner is adhered to said outer tube, that the slot of said inner tube is oblique to the axis of such tube in lesser degree than that of the slot of said liner and in a, direction the reverse of the obliquity of the slot of said liner, that the slotted tube inside of said liner has a closed slit from the lower end of the slot to the corresponding end of said inner tube and that said slit of such inner tube is covered .by the flange of said cap.

RICHARD M. MOREY. 

